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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-20

PHILADELPHIA, May t9.-for years pas,
Mrs. Ellen l., Murphy, 55 yesrs old, has
lived in tho greatest squalor in the little
two.story frame shan,y, No. - Gillis alley
a MARROW thoroughfore running south oil
Lombard arcet, above Fifth.
Last night Sergeant McCloskey and
Officer Gauler heard the woman was dead
and Waited tho houae. Mrs. Murphy
corpse was stretched upon the floor, in a
terrible condition, and daughter OF the
deceased was in tho room drunk. Five
sharcs Of stock in the l.shigh Valley Kali.
road, l!Itcen silver dollars and note men.
tioniug two hank books OF tho PhilHdel.
phia Savings Fund, were found on the
pTemsos.
Tbpsc books Bhowed n credit Of $3.50
She had drawn 800 in January. Lieu.
tenant Mitchell stationed an officer in III,
houso and thorough search Of the prem
iacs ia being made to-day for moro hidder
wealth.
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DOWN TIE RIVER.
fhe Conference Seminary Not Yet Decided
on-Orers Made,


The Conference Seminary Not Yet Declded
on-Oners Made.
Special DLspdtca 10 The Ia,elligeuo1.
PARHERsBuRG, W. Va, May l9.-The
Board of Trustees Of the NJ. Z. Conference
Seminary adjourned at an early hour this
morning after long secret session. They
did not locate the school because the pro.
positions received from the various towns
were not made in legal form and the sub.
scriptions could not be collected if there
should ever arise any trouble about the
matter. They will meet at Phillip some
time in July, the exact date TO be- fixed
by the president, Rev. DR.. LYDIA, Of Char.
lesion. a committee has been appointed
to draw up form to be used by the yari.
Gus towns In making their propositions to
the Board. w
At yesterdays session offers were made
BY number OF towns as follows:
buckhannon, ten Thousand FIVE hundred
and twenty.nine dollars in money. and
four acres OF land.
Bridgeport, four thousand dollars and
fifteen acres.
Grafton, three thousand dollars and
five acres.
Clarksburg, ten thousand dollars in land.
Parkeisburg, eleven thousand dollars in
land IN the edge Of the city.
Phillip, four thousand dollars and ssy.
eral propositions in land,
kingwood, five thousand dollars and
nine acres.
Salem, seven Thousand dollars and
twenty-five acres.
weston, three propositions, one OF four
aud one.half acres and five thousand dol.
lars. one of twenty acres and five thousand
do!lare, and one Of one hundred acres.
Wheeling withdrew the offer made by
her at Buckhannon and did not make any
new one.
Most Of the trustees and lobbyisls left
this morning for their homes. Represen.
tatlves from the various towns say that
their propositions shall not be allowed to
grow any smaller because OF the delay in
locating the school.
Frank kerns and John Cogan, the
highway robbers from Westernport, Nd,
have been tried and acquitted by Justice
Butcher.
The stranger who was held here several
days, being suspected Of being George
V1inn, a Panhandle brakeman, has been
released.
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WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Mrs. Whituoy's Reception Mt GrnsslnntIs.
Other Notes.

Other Notes.
WASHINGTON, May l9.-Mrs. Whitney's
reception at Grasslands to-day was gen.
uine lawn fete and wss the rendezvous OF
the social world after 4 o'clock. There
wae one constant cloud OF dust reaching
from the city TO the secretsry's gate dur
ing the two calling hours. Mrs. Fairchild,
not holding any reception OF her own,
went out to GrasslRnds with her mother,
Mrs. l.lncklsen, and Miss Endicott alec
Was there. MiBs May McElroy drove out
with Miss Viola Myer. Mrs. Lamont ives
accompanied by the wife OF General
Farnsworth, OF Albany. Mrs. Senator
CoCkrell, Miss Bancroft, Mrs. Bonapartc,
Mss Mscomb, Madame Reuterskiold, OF
Sweden, and nearly all tho foreign minis.
teIa now hero were among the groups upon
the lawn.
The men sauntered of into the woods
to smoke and tho ladies', in fresh epring
toilets, sat in little knots OF two and three
enjoying the country air. Mrs. Whitney,
in lilac elk nearly covered with white
lace, lifted from one group 10 another
ministering to the enjoyment OF all. Two
tables We're Bpresd, at one OF which tea
waa served and st the other ices, cake
and strawberries.
Mra. Folsom also received numerous
calls at Oakview, where Mrs. Cleveland
Was with her portion OF the day. The
President and Mra. Cleveland sit on their
South plaza ut the White House almoHt
every evening since the warm weather
came and often receive their fnende
there. Tho President ia looking in excel
lent BpiritG.
Chief Clerk YoumRnH, OF tho Treasury
Department, diucd at the Arlington this
evening with Mr.. end Mrs. X. Purvis, OF
London touriatg, who have brought sever.
al letters Of Introduction to eminent mem
bers Of the Administration.
Tho death OF Mrs. Randall Lso Gibson,
nee Montgomery, which occurred here
yesterdRy at 2i20 ?. ~. removes lady OF
rare qualified OF pe:Eou aud character. AL
though RuCCeasive beroavGmsnis had OF
late deprived society OF hrr influence, her
duyout and beautiful Bprl was silent
power OF many livcB. Senator Gibaon
has need Of all thp sympathy that is
laviahed upon him, Tor he WAS abBorbing.
ly devoted 10 htr. Thin IL tho fourth
United StateB SENATOR'S wite to DO called
away BnCe March o! last year, Mys. lEaw.
Icy, Mrs. Voorhees, and MrB. Beck preced.
| INK hcr.
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Il the Pennsylvania Legislature they
are aIways: inventing some new and use
full thing. Here is device to get bill
through in hurry. MIR. Delsmater, a
State Senator from Crawford county, was
very much in earnest about bill to plug
gas wells. Apprehending the appoint
ment OF conference committee that
would be pushed Tor time, he startled the
wise men By placing on their desks the
printed report Of committee not ap.
pointed, signed byImen who never saw
the report. Being pressed he explained
that this was his idea Of the composition
OF the committee TO be appointed and the
report to be made. Strangely enough
the acntilating genius OF that man Taa
not appreciated. We have. not equaled
this in West Virginia.
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GOULD EXPLAINS
Tbs Paciiie lnrestiEntiou-IIeS Says They nr,
Pursuing n Wrong Course.

Ihs Pacliic lnrestiIntion-IIe Says They nr,
Pursuing n Wrong Course.
New YonH, May l0.-When the Pacific
Railway Commission got to work this
morning Jay Gould resumed the witness
stand and the inquistion was resumed BY
Commissioner Anderson.
MIR. Gould testified that the provisions
Of the Consolidated Mortgage Trust were
strictly complied with by the trustees, and
the bonds Issued as therein provided,
MIR. Gould WAS shown transcript OF
tho transactions in the Consolidated bonds
furnished by the Union Pacific Company.
which would seem 10 indicate that the
trustees had not allowed the trust. Mr..
Gould said that WAS a Union Pacific &C.
count OF which he knew nothing-that
the true way TO get at the matter was to
examine the accounts OF the trustees kept
by Mr. Calef, who could be got 10 make
to make the necessary explanation,
"Ihe trustees only charged the amounts
named IN the mortgage, the accounts you
SHOW are OF negotiations with the Union
Pacific snd they could get their own
prices. You will find that tho accounts
OF the trusteeu will balance with the
mortgage. Maxwell and Graves, to whom
many OF these bonds were Issued, were the
brokers oi a St. Louis party who had 70.
fused to convert his bouds. My explsna.
tluh ol Tie transactions with these brokers
is that tho Union Pacific first ACQUIRED
title in the bonds from the trustees and
then dispOst4 Of Ihonl. The proviaions Of
tho mer:gage prohibit the scquirment oil
The bonds OF lhe trust OF the Kansas Paci.
tic, and the trustees would certainly treat
the successor company, the Union Pacific,
az though 1t were the Kansas Pacific.
Where the Commission is mixed up is
that 1t ID trying to get at the dealings Of
the trustees through a set OF accounts oi
the Union Pacitic which the trustees had
nothing to do with"
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Prominent Clnn-na.Gacl Official Snid TO
Have Abscunded with That Amopnt

Prominent Clnn-na.Gacl Official Said TO
Have Absconded with That Amount,
New YORK, May l0.-The BROOKLYN
Eagle prints the following: One Of the
most powerful Celtic organizations in this
country, the Clan ma. Gael, is said to be
about stranded on the shoals OF financial
ruin by one OF ito prominent officials leav.
ing for parts unknown with no less than
$4,000 of the available funds which it
had gathered together for the purpose of
being used iot the cause Of Ireland. The
alleged deiaulter has been absent from
his home now over two weeks, and no
one knows where he is. The Executive
Board oi the order is doing its best to
keep the matter quiet. The alleged de.
faulter is one OF the number who obtained
sufficient power to control the recent con-
vention held in Pittsburgh, and has been
for year or more continually suggesting
drums upon the excheQuers OF tho sub.
ordinate clans. at the Convention eeveral
oil the clans or camps, Is they are tecbpi-
cslly called, Withdrew from the order,
claiming that there was no report ever
rendered showing where all the money
went.
There are many camps in this country,
with membership Of several thousand,
and the rumor Of one OF the officers having
absconded with $4,000 will do much to
cripple their usefulness, and be the means
Of compelling them to reorganizs under
another name. 1t is said that the default
er ia native Of Kentucky, and recently
came here from the West.
Authorities in the Cian.na.Gael Society
said tonight that the story published in
the Brooklyn Eugls tonight was without
the slightest foundation, and undoubtedly
it came from persous not friendly to tho
organization. One Of the moguls Of the
society said:
"Tho alleged dciaultcr referred to ia
Colone! Michael Bolaui, ons OF tho aound-
cat mon. Colonel Bolaud was in New
\ lork two weeks ago, and is now in Kan.
sas City. lie is in one place to-day and
gone to morrow, and his cratic movs.
lnents are often made the basis OF stories
suGh MS you repeat to me. Colonel
BolRnd has not taken n cant OF the
society's money. He has not the DO yer
to control cent OF the funds"
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ST. Louis, May IA special from Aus
tin, Tex, giveB the following additional
particulars Of tho train robbery: Pas
senger train No. 5O2, OH the International
& Great Northern road, WAS stopped last
night at Mcneil station, few miles norl,
oil here, by fifteen or twenty robbers, who
robbed tho express car.
Some fifty shota were fired and one mau
was slightly wounded In tho hand. An,
other report says two men wero killed
Fifty mounted md armed mon arc in pur
suit ol tho despOrAdoes.
I The robbers first captured tho operator
bciore tho arrival Of the train, and as soor
ns soon rs tho train drew In boarded 4,
attacking the engineer and express
messenger. The express car wal
robbed, but tho amount taken In.
not been RsceItRinch. The mails wcr
not touched. Tho passengers were hel,
up and n considerable amount was taken
one man losing gold watch and chsil
and another diamond pin.
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Diamond Dust.
Good boy, Mallory

Good boy, Mallory!
Won, and played ten men!
The Bellatre rowdies take the cake.
II didn't told you so."-Bellaire hide.
pendenfs smart Aier.
You played ball yesterday, boys. The
people were proud OF you.
1t is pretty hard to play against ten
men, but We got there all the same.
Dunn was given an order for any hat he
wanted in town by Capt. Sam. Brubaker
kalamazoo beat Duluth three strsiphts
Duluth beat Wheeling i'll It's infancy 20 10
4. Such is base ball.
kalamazoo left by boat this morning TO,
Wheeling. Here's to three straiphta
against Wheeling. .-Ste.lbenrilie Ga,etae, Eh,
did we hear you!
Huntington is about the raukest umpire
that has yet trod on Wheeling grounds.
He 'seems" to know the rules, but he
don't. Oh, for another O'Brien.
Now, boys, once more to-day. Play strong
and steady. Many boasts were made las,
night that you would be downed to-day
You know your business. Don't get rat
tied.
Although Steubenville is playing gres
ball she is playing in hard luck. No othel
club could have played the ball she i.
playing with henumber Of defeats staring
her in the lace.
Hungerford's home run in the fifth in
ming would never have happened il th,
field grounds had been rolled. There ar,
ruts there made by carriages that vii
puzzle any fielder.
1t is believed that Bellaire royslie!
would cheer Canada il the American Il ~
Was only unfurled on Wheeling Island
What is the matter with some people
down there. Can't they read2
Those bowling dervishes who come from
Bellaire, and who Tor sope unknown
reason "have it in" for the Wheeling club
got very proper set down yesterday
Their foul and proiane language was toe
much to bear and Officers Watson ant
McNichols had TO be called on to settle
them. Gentlemen are always welcome Il
the Wheeling groundB. Rowdies are bot
ter at home.
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A WOMAN TRIED FOR MURDER.
Opening OF the Annie Ofrner Case Mt Rom.
ney, W. Waffle Story.

heys w. Nh.-Ihe story.
RoMSEY, W. Va, May l9.-The trial Of
Annie Ofner, Of this vicinity, for the muir.
der OF her paramour, Benjamin Brooks,
near here, on the first Of last August, was
begun in the Circuit Court here yesterday,
Judge James D. Armstrong presiding.
States Attorney Daily is conducting the
prosecution alone. The defense are
Messrs. S. L. Flournoy, Alexander Monroe
and F. NJ. Reynolds, Of Keyssr. The jury
are Jam es NJ. Ward, John Hiett, Seebut.
ton Hiett, Davis Whitlock, 20. Leath,
John A. Saville, Joseph W. Largent, Jacob
Rudolph, Joseph A. Kelley, Ioudon
Exers, d. NJ. Cooper and William Loy.I
The woman is about twenty-nine years
old. She is the daughter OF Reuben or.
ner, farmer Of some means and OF good
standing in the community. Brooks, who
was older than the woman, came from
Fredericksburg, Va, some months before
he was killed. and did come work on or.
ner's farm. 1t is said he had wife and
children in fredericksburg. He and
young Ann, as the woman was called,
became intimate, and their relations
caused talk. Brooks left and went to
Cumberland, but came back. Both
were compelled, in consequence OF
gossip, to leave the house. Brooks
went to work on the Capon river, but
often came to Romney to see the woman.
She was indicted for illicit cohabitstion,
and put under bond to appear before the
Circuit Court OF Hampshire county, in
September last, but she continued her re-.
lations with Brooks, and che was a. the
time OF the shooting in delicate condi.
ton. 1t is thought Brooks refusal to
marry her caused her to kill him. She
told her mother she had sho. Brooks,
With her mother and father she went to
the spot. Brooks WIS found dead with a
bullet hole in bis left temple. From his
position, he seemed to have fallen back.
wards.
But one witness, Luther lieatwole, was
examined to-day. He said he was told OF
the murder while he was in Elizabeth
Church, three miles east OF Romney, on
the first Sunday Of last August. He went
TO the scene oI the tragedy and found the
dead body OF Ben Brooks lying near tho
top Of the hill in n large field belonging to
tho father Of the prisoner, and about hall
mile from his house. Brooks was lying
in the edge OF pine thicket with bullet
hole in his left temple. The rest OF his
testimony wRs irrevelant,
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sURRoUNDED BY FIRE
Three Hundred Italians Encircied
Flames In Michigan Camp,

Flames In Michigan Camp.
MARQUETTE, Mich, May l9.-At
o'lock tonight news was received from
camp No. 8, on the summit division Of the
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad
extension, that the camp was surrounded
by fire. George Grolet, a timber contract.
or, and eight men escaped through mile
OF fro and smoke, leaving three hundred
ltalianHin the camp fighting for their lives.
Every. available diBh, including cooking
utenhils, Isl In use, and the only water
available 10 from well and q small
creek some distance away. An attempt
was made 10 remove the sick men OF the
party, but II failed. When Grolet and his
party were O short distance away they
heard great ahouting and saw big flames
and believe that the camp WAS burned. II
80, 1t Is feared there will be great loss Of
lie among the panic.stricken Italians.
The supplies and buildings arc valued at
$500. The report is authentic, and great
fears are felt for the men in camp. The
camp was owned by F. O. O'Neilly & Co.,
OF New York. E
Forest fires are starting again on the
peninsula. They are raging fiercely south.
west OF this city, south Of Autrain, east OF
L'Anse, and southwest Of Baraga. In the
vicinity OF Negaunee and Ishpeming they
are very savage, and are now burning
large tracts Of valuable hardwood timbers.
All the employees OF the Champion mine
turned out 10 fight fire and saved the mine
location and cordwood. all along the
high lands Of Portsge Lake, between the
canal and West Hancock, Il Is doing heavy
damage. The location OF tho Hancock
mine Is in imminent danger and a large
force are lighting hard. Near Quincy,
Franklin and Pewsbic mines thousands Of
cords Of wood are burned. The wind Is
stiti and forest dry. Nothing but speedy
aud copious rain can save the peninsula
from a conHagration.
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THANKS TO GEORGE.
lie Is Opposed to Einin-, which Ia Creditabl
10 the rlumrd Knight.

lie Is cpporeN ~ b1lhlur. WHICH Is SftulthDle
10 the i'lumcd Knight.
New YoRE, May 1.-THE Commercial
Adrrflxr this afternoon pub!ishea the FOL-
lowing: 1t ia already stated on very good
authority that Mr.. Henry Georges labor
party hsa already begun to prepare for the
fall campaign. The district leaders with
their assiatantg, are making a house-to
house canvas in the tenement districts,
and are said to he largely recruiting their
ranks from the lukewarm Democrats. 1t
has been ntimated that the object Of the
whole affair is 70 swell the labor vote at
the approaching election 70 snCh an extent
tha. Mr. Henry George could then bs in
opposition TO make profitable deal with
james 6. Blaine in the Presidential elec-
ton OF 1888.
Henry George was seen at the Standard
Office thiB morning. lie said: "GOu can
authortatiysly deny that there ia any
deal or agreement, either past, pending
or u be made in future, between JameB &.
Blaine and nyeeli. am opposed TO Mr..
Blaine. He represents all that have
been fighting szainB! for years-monop-
oily and HE worBt form Of capitalistic
poyers, could not he consistent and
have any dealings with Mr.. Blaine"
"Will there bs Labor Presidential
candidate in 1882"
at ia strongly probable that there will
be-" ansTernd Mr.. George.
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LONDON, May l0.-Lord Rsndolpb
Churchill, in a communication 10 the
Tunes III regard to Mr.. Trevelyan's oppo.
sition to the Governments policy, ouotes
from ION speeches made by Mr. Treyelyan in
lSS2-sS, In which the present policy Of thn ~
government y, is justified, and contends
that no change in the tactics Of the Lpacno
or IN the situation in Ireland warrants Mr..
ject. "' 'A '"o SUI
Lord Salisbury has refused to consent tn
request made by the French ForoIpn
oiiice, that he instruct the English Con.
snl . ! IN MadaGascsr to apply to France for
an exequatur, which act would be a rec.
ognition Of the Frence protectorate, ON
inc ground that he requires further time
70 consider the advisabllity OF such n sten.
Col. Sir Joseph Ridgeway, who has
Gnharge OF the British section Of the Afghan
boundary Commission, has received fresb
Instructions, from his government and
mas mas returned to St.. Petersburg from Mos.
COW.
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NEW YoHx, May lJ.-According to q
statement mada by Henry /. Ives, con.
solicitation OF the Baltimore x Ohio To!e'
graph with tho p0Htal and other indepon.
dent lines Ia to bc made, the consolidation
taking the form Of new company, oi
which the baltimore 4 Ohio will take hall
tho stock and s8 obtain control. fle re-
sers that the Western Union cannot gol
the Baltimore & Ohio Bygtem at any price,
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A YOU'VE REPUBLICAN suggests, through
the New York Tribune, the organization oi
Young Mems Republican clubs in every
State for the purpose OF debate and work.
Material ior discussion should be obtain.
able at headquarters in New York. 1t ia
thought that young Democrats could be
induced to come and hear the discus.
siona. There is something in this thought
But our young men need not wait. In
West Virginia they ought to have club
in every gchool district. This plan could
be made to tell in the next election.
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EDUCATION OF FREEDMEN.
Meeting OF tho Trustees Of the Slater Fund
prupr..s nf tb. S,n.I

Meeting Of tho Trustees Of the Slator Fund
Progress Of the School.
FORTRESS MONROE, May l9.-The annual
meeting Of the trustees OF the Slater fund
for the promotion Of education among the
freedmen was held at the Hygeia Hotel,
Old Point Comfort, to-day. The Presi.
dent OF the Board, Hon. R. B. HAYES, Of
Ohio, was in the chair. The other mem.
bers present were Senator Colquitt, OF
Georgia; ksV. Dr.. Boyce, OF Kentucky,
Aessru. W. E. Dodge and. John &
Stewart, Of New York; D. G. Gilman, oI
finiyland, and W. A. Slater, OF Connect.
cut. From the report OF the general
agent. DR.. Haygood, OF Georgia, it appears
that the sum of $40 600 has been distribu.
ted during the past year from the income
OF the fund, an advance Of Sl0,9OO upon
the dlBbuTBements Of the year before. His
report, which is printed, contains a large
amsunt ol statistical information in regard
to tho progress OF the schools which have
received the Slater aid.
Every institution thus helped must, in
addition to other instruction, provide in.
6ustrial training. 1t is manifest TINT this
condition, which was thought question.
able at iiist, nov meets with almost uusn.
inous appreciation. Forty.two schools
(moGt ol them training places for teachers,
have been aided during the year in sumt
varying from $3.50 to $500. The repor,
OF the treasurer Bnows that the original
capital OF the fund, 100000, has
been slightly augmented, and il.
srCurites are well invested. The
hesslun OF the board WIS devoted
to consideration Of the wants OF the var.
ious schools receiving aid, and An agvre.
gate allowance OF $4,000 Was made for the
yeHrB 1875. DR.. Haygood assured the
board that thero are many signs OF in.
crossing interest at the South in the
problem OF negro education, and that wise
methods OF procedure have been promoted
by the agency OF the Slater fund. During
he year he has travelled some 1000 miles
and delivered over two hundred sd
dresgeg and Eermons, besides collected 8
vast amount OF information and cores
pondonce, circulars and personal inter
utnu,a
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CLEVELAND. May l0.-Tie foreclosure
Of tho gallo oil tho Nickel Plate road to-day
was worry formal affair. II wont of
smoothly and wns purchased on tho frat
bid for Sl60O0.0OO by Frederick +. p.
0lColt, chairman Of tho Nickel Plato pur.
chNsing committee, for tho bondholdor' d
committed which Ia made up OF MIR.
Olcott, william Il. Vanderbilt, Jamcs A,
Roosevelt and John 4. Kennedy. II Ia
stated on good authority that tho Ralo oil
tho road will not roauit in my changos
In ilB oppratlon. 1t 10 said horo that
Receiver Caldwell will be made President